“That’s a tough three-game series,” manager Fredi Gonzalez said in a text message about the prospects of a Halladay-bolstered Phillies team facing the Marlins in 2010.
The Marlins play the Phillies 18 times next year, starting with a three-game series in Philadelphia April 16-18. And news that Phillies lefty Cliff Lee was headed to Seattle doesn’t exactly make the Marlins feel any more comfortable.

“Pick your poison between Halladay and Lee,” outfielder Cody Ross said in a text. “Both are extremely talented but Halladay has been doing it for a lot longer and has been more consistent. All I know is the guys who play in the AL east are a lot happier now!”

Halladay is 0-1 in two career starts against the Marlins, allowing five runs in nine innings (5.00) over those starts.

The Marlins faced Halladay on June 12 in Toronto. They beat the Jays 7-3 that day, but Halladay didn’t factor in the decision. He left the game with a tight grin after allowing one run in three innings. Marlins left-fielder Chris Coghlan, the NL Rookie of the Year, had two hits in his two at-bats against Halladay.

Asked how much “fun” to will be to possibly face Halladay six times next year, Coghlan replied: “I don’t know if fun is the right word. Ha! We will be ready for the challenge, though.”

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